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. R. PAGAN.

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No. 409,030. Patented A11-g.' 13, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT FAGAN, OF NEW" BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR lTO P. da F.

' CORBIN, OF SAME PLACE.

SASH-CORD'FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 409,030, dated August 13, 1889.

Application inea May 9, 1889.

To all whom t may concern..-

. Be it known that I, ROBERT FAGAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Britain, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sash-Cord Irons, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in sash-cord irons of the class which are designed to be attached to a cord and set into a horizontal hole in the edge of the sash-rail; and the objects of my invention are simplicity and cheapness of construction and convenience in Securing the iron to the sash-cord without tying a knot.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a sash-rail, a portion of the sash-cord, and my sash-cord iron applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a plan view of my sash-cord iron ready to be attached to the cord. Fig. Sis a plan view of a partially-coinpleted sash-cord iron, together with adiagram in broken lines of the points which are to be punched or turned down therefrom in making the perforation to receive the cord; and Fig. et is a vertical section,paitly in elevation, of the parts shown in Fig. l, the plane of section being indicated by the line fr az.

A designates the sash-rail, having the horizontal hole 5 for receiving the sash-cord iron and the groove 6 for receiving the sash-cord 7, as in prior sash-cord irons of this class.

B designates the sash-cord iron, which is preferably formed of a fiat sheet-metal blank swaged or bent into a semi-cylindrical form. A perforation Sis formed in the top of the Serial No. 310,193. (No model.)

sash-cord iron of a size large enough to admit the cord 7, and on the edge of said perforation I form a prong or prongs 9, which are turned inwardly. The general forln of the 4o hole at the .top of the iron is round, and the prongs .()are forced or bent out from that portion of the material which is displaced to forni the opening, as indicated by the diagram in broken lilies in Fig. 3. It is not necessary that the division for these prongs should be a clean sharp edge. They may be formedv by placing the semi-cylindrical blank upon a die having a round hole and making the perforation with a punch that has a pyramidal point, 5o thereby dividing the metal and turning the prongs inwardly to make a perforation large enough to receive the cord. The iron is secured to the cord by slipping the cord through the perforation and then bending the prongs toward each other by means of a nail-set dr any tool that may be at hand, so as to impinge a prong or prongs against the cord, as shown in Figs. l and 4.

I claim as my invention- The herein-described sash-cord iron, consisting of a semi-cylindrical shell of metal having a sashcord perforation extending transversely through the summit, and a prong or prongs at the edge of said perforation formed 6 5 by a portion of the metal that is displaced to form said perforation, substantially as described, and for the purpose specified.

ROBERT FAGAN.

Witnesses:

A. N. ABBE, G. E. Roer. 

